Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2010
Controlling soot from fossil fuels and solid biofuels may be a faster method of reducing Arctic ice loss and global warming than other options, including controlling CH 4 or CO 2 , although all controls are needed, according to a new study by Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson at Stanford University. Mark Jacobson.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Such pollutants together account for approximately one-third of current global warming, have significant impacts on public health, the environment, and world food productivity. Source: UNEP.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2009
The 100-year global warming potentials (GWPs) for methane, CO, and NO x (per Tg N) as given in the AR4 and in this study when including no aerosol response; the direct radiative effect of aerosol responses; and the direct+indirect radiative effects of aerosol responses. Source: Shindell at al. Click to enlarge. Drew Shindell.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2012
Respectively, Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act and the Ozone Transport Commission/NO x Budget Program.). —Taylor 2012. Margaret R. Taylor (2012) Innovation under cap-and-trade programs, PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113462109. 1113462109.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2009
The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers in California and Colorado. Darin Toohey.
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APRIL 30, 2010
The US, Canada, and Mexico have submitted a proposal to strengthen climate protection under the Montreal Protocol— the international treaty that phases out the production of a number of substances responsible for ozone depletion. The proposal targets the production and use of HFCs, a group of “super” greenhouse gases. Source: IGSD.
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APRIL 1, 2009
The bill also establishes an interagency council to ensure an integrated federal response to adapting to the effects of global warming. Title III, Reducing Global Warming Pollution , (the cap-and-trade title), has eight subsections. Global Warming Pollution Reduction Program. light duty vehicles—e.g.,
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